Why the **** is Jessie Bates not signed yet?

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(04-19-2022, 10:22 PM)Go Cards Wrote: Possible being so late in the year, but more than likely see some team is finding the money. 

So what is the angle Bates and his agent are working here then ? Certainly they're not that dumb to chance letting a rug worth over a quarter of a million dollars a week be pulled from beneath their feet.

Seen Darrell Griffith lose when breaking foot in pick up game while contract was unsigned with the Jazz back in the day.  So it is possible to have it blow up in their face. But have to subscribe to there being a beneficial reason in their mind that could pay dividends to even take the gamble.   

It's pretty simple, actually.  Since Bates isn't under contract, he can't be fined for missing OTA's, TC, and games.  He can lessen his injury risk by holding out of those things and the team can do nothing about it.  By NFL rules, he only has to be on the active roster, IR, and/or PUP for 6 games to accrue a season and be eligible for UFA next year.  Dude could literally sit at home for 11 games before signing the FT and still be an UFA next year.